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Uniforms of World War II

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I've recently started collecting 12" military figures and wanted to make my own uniforms. This is a GREAT reference guide. It doesn't bog you down with too much information and the paintings/drawings are very well done. The book provides over 250 full-color uniforms of the personnel who served in all branches of the armed forces of 30 countries in WWII. You would probably have to buy ten or more books and spend a lot of $$$ to get the reference material that this one book offers! Thanks Mr. Darman! "BZ"...Well done!

The scope of this book is impressive. There are very few uniforms of major or minor combatants that are not shown. The details are skimpy, but then, it's "Uniforms of WW2". The illustrations seemed to be copied from photographs and then beautifully colored. The visual impact of this title almost wants me to give it 5 stars. But there is an omission that I cannot ignore. Even though some obscure subjects are pictured, there's no Japanese pilot from either service! Neither is a Japanese tanker pictured. Ok, ok, no big deal you say. But, there are pilots shown for the Czech and Danish Air Forces! There are also a few weapons misidentified. It is an excellent value for the money. It's not an in depth study, or long on history. As it says on the cover, it's...."Uniforms of World War II".

I just recieved this book as a Christmas gift, and I bevievd it was a good overall book, but the author could have given more details on the equipment that went with the uniforms. I liked it, though!